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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!agate!news.mindlink.net!uniserve!usenet From: tom@uniserve.com (Tom Samplonius) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison) Date: 10 Jan 1996 06:37:09 GMT Organization: UNIServe Online Lines: 37 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4cvmql$6if@atlas.uniserve.com> References: <4cmopu$d35@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4crnbe$8a@olympus.nwnet.net> <4ctfic$pg8@sungy.Germany.Sun.COM> <4ctl7g$8st@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc.sdf.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1879 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2023 In article <4ctl7g$8st@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu>, cjk@omedsrvb.omed.pitt.edu says... > > >Hey folks > >I am in the middle of a similar debate at a company I consult for. They have >installed BSD-2.1 on a Pentium-133 with 128MB of RAM and it is using a >Adaptec controller. The network is a T1 and this is where I have questions. > >They are thinking of "pitching" this in favor of a Sparc-20???? > >Should they do this or stick with what they have. It's only being used as a >Web Server! > >I have asked this before from this group but will ask again at the risk of >insulting those who have cooperated in the past; but could you check out >the site and tell me if you think this box is "adequate" for the job at hand. > >The URL is http://www.sportsfever.com/ > >Is it slow or fast? Is the response time reasonable? When I check the site >out from here at Pitt it seems slow but I can't tell if that's because of >problems at Pitt or with MCI or the box itself??? > >Any and all input will be "greatly" appreciated!! What's the load average on the system? If it below 1.0 (and I suspect it is, unless you run a _lot_ of CGI stuff), improving CPU power won't do anything. After all a T1 is only about 150KB/s, which doesn't even challenge a 486DX33. If you really want to improve response/performance get an additional T1 from another vender and get peering setup. This will make your server "closer" to more sites, and give you full redunancy if there is a problem. Tom